Official Name: | Sloughhouse, California |
Pushpin Map: | California#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | California |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Sacramento |
Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Elevation Ft: | 102 |
Coordinates: | 38.4958°N -121.1939°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 95683 |
Area Code: | 916, 279 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1659683 |
thumb|Sloughhouse's Deer Creek bridge in 1860Sloughhouse is an unincorporated community in Sacramento County, California, United States. Sloughhouse is located on California State Route 16 17miles east-southeast of downtown Sacramento. Sloughhouse has a post office with ZIP code 95683, which was established in 1916.[1] Jared Sheldon, who built a roadhouse, hotel and Stagecoach station, in the community in 1850, named the community after another building he had built nearby. The roadhouse was destroyed by a fire in 1890, but was rebuilt. [2] The site is registered as a California Historical Landmark No. 575.[3]
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Sloughhouse has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.[4]